[mythtv-users] OT: Samba (?) Issue

[Dick Steffens]

On 10/07/2015 07:37 AM, Kirk Bocek wrote:
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> On 10/7/2015 7:05 AM, Dick Steffens wrote:
>> I usually rely on other Linux resources for help with Linux stuff 
>> that's not Myth related, but have come up empty this time. Does 
>> anyone know what to do about this error message?
>>
>> I'm running mostly Ubuntu 12.04, but also have a Linux Mint laptop 
>> (don't recall the version, but it's one that works on an older 
>> laptop, vintage 2006). Until yesterday morning I was able to connect 
>> to other machines in the house. Now, the icons for those machines are 
>> missing, and when I double click on the Windows Network icon in a 
>> Nautilus window I get a pop-up that says,
>>
>> Unable to mount location
>> Failed to retrieve share list from server
>>
>> Searching the Internet turned up a number of recommendations, but 
>> they have not helped. I tried restarting smbd, and nmbd, with no 
>> change. I tried restarting the machine with no improvement, either. 
>> My wife has a Win-7 machine, and I can see and transfer files from 
>> one of my Ubuntu machines while sitting at her machine.
>>
>> Where is the "share list" kept? And which machine is the "server", or 
>> does each machine serve as it's own server?
>>
>> Hints on where to look for how to solve this will be appreciated.
>>
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> I had something similar on my mythbackend host. Adding this:
>
>     Max Protocol = SMB2
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> to the global section of smb.conf solved my problem. Another user here 
> had a similar problem and this fixed it at least for awhile in his case.

I just tried that and restarted smbd and nmbd. They didn't solve the 
problem.

I'll try Hika's recommendations later, when my wife isn't using her machine.

Thanks for the recommendations.

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Regards,

Dick Steffens